महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-88, verse-11

हस्तिहस्तोपमैश्चापि भुजगाभोगसंनिभैः ।
ऊरुभिः पृथिवी छन्ना मनुजानां नरोत्तम ॥११॥

11. hastihastopamaiścāpi bhujagābhogasaṁnibhaiḥ ,
ūrubhiḥ pṛthivī channā manujānāṁ narottama.

11. hastihastopamaiḥ ca api bhujagābhogasaṃnibhaiḥ
ūrubhiḥ pṛthivī channā manujānām narottama

11. narottama pṛthivī hastihastopamaiḥ
bhujagābhogasaṃnibhaiḥ ūrubhiḥ manujānām ca api channā

11. O best among men, the earth was covered with the thighs of men, which resembled elephants' trunks and the expanded hoods of snakes.

Words meanings summery:

• हस्तिहस्तोपमैः (hastihastopamaiḥ) - resembling elephants' trunks

• च (ca) - and

• अपि (api) - also, even

• भुजगाभोगसंनिभैः (bhujagābhogasaṁnibhaiḥ) - resembling the expanded hoods of snakes

• ऊरुभिः (ūrubhiḥ) - with thighs

• पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - the earth

• छन्ना (channā) - covered, hidden

• मनुजानाम् (manujānām) - of men, of human beings

• नरोत्तम (narottama) - O best among men

Words meanings and morphology

हस्तिहस्तोपमैः (hastihastopamaiḥ) - resembling elephants' trunks

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of hastihastopama

hastihastopama - resembling an elephant's trunk

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (hasti+hasta+upama)

• hasti – elephant
  noun (masculine)
• hasta – hand, trunk (of an elephant)
  noun (masculine)
• upama – resembling, like, similar
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Adjective agreeing with ūrubhiḥ.

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also, even

(indeclinable)

भुजगाभोगसंनिभैः (bhujagābhogasaṁnibhaiḥ) - resembling the expanded hoods of snakes

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhujagābhogasaṃnibha

bhujagābhogasaṁnibha - resembling the expanded hood of a serpent

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhujaga+ābhoga+saṃnibha)

• bhujaga – serpent, snake (lit. 'moving on the arm or breast')
  noun (masculine)
• ābhoga – expansion, spread, hood (of a snake)
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: bhuj (class 7)
• saṃnibha – resembling, like, similar to
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefixes: sam+ni
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Adjective agreeing with ūrubhiḥ.

ऊरुभिः (ūrubhiḥ) - with thighs

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ūru

ūru - thigh

पृथिवी (pṛthivī) - the earth

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī

pṛthivī - the earth, ground, land

Root: pṛth (class 6)

Note: Subject of implied verb 'was covered'.

छन्ना (channā) - covered, hidden

(Past Passive Participle)

Note: Implies 'was covered'.

मनुजानाम् (manujānām) - of men, of human beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of manuja

manuja - man, human being (lit. 'born of Manu')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manu+ja)

• manu – Manu, primeval man, progenitor of mankind
  proper noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Possessive, refers to whose thighs are being described.

नरोत्तम (narottama) - O best among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narottama

narottama - best among men, chief of men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+uttama)

• nara – man, human, person
  noun (masculine)
• uttama – best, highest, excellent
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Addressed to the listener.